Game apparatus.



J. A. SLOAN.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED mum. 1911.

1,022,339. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

INVENTOR cfaigafi A J/aa z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. SLOAN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GAME APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH: A. SLOAN, citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game apparatus and has for its object toprovide an apparatus of such class whereby a novel, interesting andattractive game can be played and which requires a certain amount ofdexterity and skill for successfully playing the same.

The invention consists in a bat having attached thereto by an elasticcord a ball which is struck with the bat against objects placed upon agame-board to cause them to be driven about the board according toprearranged rules.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a pictorial representation ofa player employing a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a planview and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

The reference numeral 5 designates a bat having its underside 6preferably formed in a plane.

7 is a hole provided in the bat adjacent to its outer end, and at aboutits midlength, or in proximity to the handle portion 5, the bat isprovided with another hole 8.

10 represents a striking ball, as it will hereinafter be termed, whichis desirably hollow and made of rubber or a composition containing suchmaterial. Said ball is connected to an end of an elastic cord 11 whichpasses from below through the hole 7 thence along the upper surface ofthe bat and then through the other hole 8. The end of the cord isknotted, as at 11, to prevent the withdrawal of the cord from the hole8.

I show in Fig. 1 a game-board 12 of circular shape provided with aperipheral wall 13 extending for a distance above the board surface 14.As illustrated, the board is formed or provided with a series ofrecesses or pockets 15 disposed circumferentially about the board, andhaving a centrally disposed recess 16.

17 represents spots disposed symmetrically upon the board surface andwhich may be utilized for positioning bottle-shaped pins or blocksintended to be displaced or knocked about by object balls 18 in playingSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2, 1911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912. Serial No. 611,841.

appropriate games. The manner of laying out the surface of the boardmay, however, be changed as, for example, with the use of score line torepresent a spider web and with suitably disposed pockets.

In operation, a player preparatory to striking the attached ball 10,moves his bat 5 rapidly away from the ball whereupon the elastic cord11, by reason of the inertia of the ball, becomes etfectiveto cause theball to be moved with considerable velocity toward the bat. Before theball overtakes the bat, the player moves the bat in a contrary directionto strike the ball with a force which, added to that due to the reboundof the ball, will cause the ball to be driven with more or less speedaccording to the skill with which the bat is manipulated. When the ballis thus driven, the cord extends throughout almost its entire length andthereby allows the ball to delivera strike to an object at a relativelygreat distance from the bat, that is to say, the cord is drawn throughthe bat hole 7 and the part of the cord lying against the top of the batwill stretch with the pendent part of the cord.

lVith practice, the player acquires dexterity with the bat so as toenable him to deliver the ball with accuracy and with a predeterminedforce against the object. \Vith the game-board illustrated in Fig. 1,assume that the object balls 18 are primarily deposited in the centralrecess and that the player with the above explained devices is totranspose the balls 18 into the surrounding pockets. This isaccomplished by a skilful player by employing the bat and striking-ballin the above explained manner to cause the latter to successively strikethe object balls and thereby impel the object balls to move eitherdirectly into selected pockets or through the intermediary of the wall13, as will be understood by pool players.

What I claim, is-

1. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided with a vertically-disposedopening and a relatively wide inclined opening, an elastic cordextending throughsaid vertical opening and having its inner end knottedand engaging the lower face of the bat to prevent said end passingthrough said vertical opening, said cord further extending lengthwise ofthe upper face of the bodyportion and then downwardly through said lObody-portion,

and engaging the lower depending from the inclined opening and bodycarried by the bat, and a spherical outer end of said cord.

2. A game apparatus comprising a bat including a handle and abody-portion, said bat further provided with a centrally-disposedopening at the outer terminus of the handle and a relatively wideinclined opening in proximity to the outer end of the an elastic cordhaving its inner portion extending through said vertical opening andwith the inner end of the cord knotted to prevent its passage throughsaid vertical opening, said cord further extending longitudinally of theupper face of the body-portion and through said inclined opening, and aspherical body secured to the forward end of said elastic cord.

3. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided with a vertically-disposedopening and a relatively wide inclined opening, an elastic cordextending through said vertical opening and having its inner end knottedface of the bat to prevent said end passing through said verticalopening, said cord further extending lengthwise of the upper face of thebodyportion and then downwardly through said inclined opening anddepending from the bat, and a spherical body carried by the outer end ofsaid cord, the rear wall of said inclined opening being rounded.

a. A game apparatus comprising a bat including a handle and abody-portion, said bat further provided with a centrally-disposedopening at the outer terminus of the handle and a relatively wideinclined opening in proximity to the outer end of the body-portion, anelastic cord having its inner portion extending through said verticalopening and with the inner end of the cord knotted to prevent itspassage through said vertical opening, said cord further extendinglongitudinally of the upper face of the body-portion and through saidinclined opening, and a spherical body secured to the forward end ofsaid elastic cord, the rear wall of said inclined opening being rounded.

5. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided intermediate its ends andcentrally of its longitudinal edges with a verticallydisposed openingand further provided in proximity to its outer end and centrally of itslongitudinal edges with a relatively wide inclined opening, theinclination thereof being toward the vertical opening, an elastic cordhaving its inner portion extending through said vertical opening and itsinner end abutting against the lower face of the bat to preventwithdrawal of said cord up through said vertical opening, said cordfurther extending centrally of its upper face toward and then downthrough said inclined opening, and a spherical body connected to theforward end of said cord.

6. A game apparatus comprising a bat provided intermediate its ends andcentrally of its longitudinal edges with a verticallydisposed openingand further provided in proximity to its out-er end and centrally of itslongitudinal edges with a relatively wide inclined opening, theinclination thereof being toward the vertical opening, the upper portionof the rear wall of said opening curving rearwardly, an elastic cordhaving its inner portion extending through said vertical opening, andits inner end abutting against the lower face of the bat to preventwithdrawal of said cord up through said vertical opening, said cordfurther extending centrally of the upper face of the bat and toward saidinclined opening and down through said inclined opening, said cord beingof materially less diameter than the diameter of said opening, and aspherical body connected to the forward end of said cord.

JOSEPH A. SLOAN.

lVit-nesses H. BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatents.

Washington, D. G.

